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Apple says Apple News monthly active users hit 85M and that Apple Music has 50M paid subscribers; Apple Pay had 1.8B transactions in 2018, up 100% YoY (Michael Potuck/9to5Mac)

Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: Apple says Apple News monthly active users hit 85M and that Apple Music has 50M paid subscribers; Apple Pay had 1.8B transactions in 2018, up 100% YoY  —  During Apple’s Q1 2019 earnings call today, Tim Cook shared updates on how some of the company’s Services have been growing including details

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Apple says revenue from services reached $10.8B, in line with estimates, and that it now has 360M subscribers to both its own and to third-party services (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Apple says revenue from services reached $10.8B, in line with estimates, and that it now has 360M subscribers to both its own and to third-party services  —  (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Tuesday reported sharp growth in its services business and Chief Executive Tim Cook said trade tensions between … Apple

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Report: Apple told studios and networks to be ready for a launch of Apple's streaming service by mid-April, the same month investors see a Disney+ preview (Julia Alexander/The Verge)

Julia Alexander / The Verge: Report: Apple told studios and networks to be ready for a launch of Apple’s streaming service by mid-April, the same month investors see a Disney+ preview  —  Studios were reportedly told to be ready by mid-April  —  Little is known about Apple’s standalone streaming service, aside from the mountain of

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GameStop shares plunge 26%+ after the board of the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended its search for a buyer (Rachel Siegel/Washington Post)

Rachel Siegel / Washington Post: GameStop shares plunge 26%+ after the board of the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended its search for a buyer  —  GameStop shares plunged nearly 30 percent Tuesday after the video game and electronics retailer said it had ended the search for a buyer, causing a share

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Waze expands its open-source Bluetooth beacons to NYC to mitigate poor GPS signal in tunnels and offers the service to third parties for $28.50 per unit (Kirsten Korosec/TechCrunch)

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Waze expands its open-source Bluetooth beacons to NYC to mitigate poor GPS signal in tunnels and offers the service to third parties for $28.50 per unit  —  Drivers in New York City will soon be able to use Waze — and other navigation apps — in places like tunnels or bridges

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Slack says it now has over 10M DAUs, more than half outside the US, and its global paying customers total has grown by over 50% YoY to 85,000+ (Slack)

Slack: Slack says it now has over 10M DAUs, more than half outside the US, and its global paying customers total has grown by over 50% YoY to 85,000+  —  An update on how our customers use Slack  —  With our fifth birthday just around the corner, Slack now has more than 10 million daily

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Google says Gmail's Android and iOS apps will get a refreshed design in coming weeks to reflect the Google Material Theme, with other G Suite apps to follow (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)

Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Google says Gmail’s Android and iOS apps will get a refreshed design in coming weeks to reflect the Google Material Theme, with other G Suite apps to follow  —  Google is rolling out a new interface overhaul for Gmail on mobile devices, a move that fits with the company’s broader mission

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Plastics: PETG

You’d be hard-pressed to walk down nearly any aisle of a modern food store without coming across something made of plastic. From jars of peanut butter to bottles of soda, along with the trays that hold cookies firmly in place to prevent breakage or let a meal go directly from freezer to microwave, food is

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